The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 407
n tlie Pointed Stijle. This design, wliich is an excellent example of the adap-tation of the latest or perpendicular Gothic to the wants ofour villa life, we owe to the kindness of Alexander J, Davis,Esq., of New York, whose works are so well known in allparts of the country as to require no… … DESIGNS FOR VILLAS OR COUNTRY HOUSES. 339 the central part of the building is carried, gives boldness andpicturesqueness to the design, which would appear more fullyin a perspective view than in an elevation. The exterior is strongly marked in style, and is thereforelikely to please those who value…
Architecture, Domestic
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